Reasons for not using ecstasy: a qualitative study of non-users, ex-light users and ex-moderate users. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2012 Background: Although ecstasy is often consumed in the electronic music scene, not everyone with the opportunity to use it chooses to do so. the objective of this study was to understand the reasons for non-use or the cessation of use, which could provide
Comis MA, Noto AR.
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I International Congress: Western Esotericism in and from Latin America
, 2022 I International Congress: Western Esotericism in and from Latin America, 10th Anniversary of the Center for Studies on Western Esotericism UNASUR, the Journal of Melancholy History of CEEO-UNASUR, the Institute of Ancient and Medieval History and the Research Project “FILOCyT19055: Esotericism and power in early modernity ”of the University of ...
Tamayo, Carolina +3 more
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Some remarks on the study of the Cultural History of Western Esotericism in Latin America
Revista de Estudios Históricos de la Masonería Latinoamericana y Caribeña, 2020 A comienzos de 1990, el esoterismo occidental emergió como objeto académico dentro de la Historia. Desde inicios del siglo XXI, gracias a un gran caudal de investigación, nuestro campo se desarrolló en dos aspectos: surgieron revistas especializadas y tres grandes redes de especialistas (la Association for the Study of Esotericism-ASE; el European ...
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New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism [PDF]
, 2021 This volume offers new approaches to some of the biggest persistent challenges in the study of esotericism and beyond. Commonly understood as a particularly “Western” undertaking consisting of religious, philosophical, and ritual traditions that go back ...
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Issues in Christian Encounters with Yoga: Exploring 3HO/Kundalini Yoga [PDF]
, 2017 The paper begins by drawing out current issues that have been raised by critics concerning the contemporary practice of Hindu postural types of yoga in western and specifically western Christian contexts, with some illustrative reference to contemporary ...
Stoeber, Michael
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World-hating: apocalypse and trauma in We Need to Talk about Kevin [PDF]
, 2017 Lynne Ramsay’s 2011 film We Need to Talk about Kevin alternates between two narrative times, one occurring before its protagonist Eva’s son commits a terrible crime, and one after. The film invites us to read the crime as a traumatic event in Eva’s life,
Desilets, S. J.
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Leonora Carrington on and off Screen: Intertextual and Intermedial Connections between the Artist’s Creative Practice and the Medium of Film [PDF]
, 2019 This article explores the under-researched intertextual and intermedial connections between Leonora Carrington’s transdisciplinary practice and the medium of film.
Markova, Lora, Shannon, Roger
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Sufism in Latin Europe (France, Spain, Italy). [PDF]
, 2023 The current chapter describes global trends that affect Sufism prior to framing them in local contexts. Although the abovementioned sources of Latin European Sufism are similar across all Western countries, their outcomes often differ in diverse local ...
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Ancient wisdom, modern warriors: The (re)invention of a Mesoamerican tradition in Xilam [PDF]
, 2016 Xilam is a modern Mexican martial art that is inspired by pre- Hispanic warrior cultures of ancient Mesoamerica, namely the Aztecs (Mexica), Maya and Zapotec cultures. It provides a noteworthy case study of a Latin American fighting system that has been
Jennings, George
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Lucifer Over Luxor: Archaeology, Egyptology, and Occultism in Kenneth Anger’s Magick Lantern Cycle [PDF]
, 2016 One of the great figureheads of American experimental cinema, Kenneth Anger (b.1927), is internationally renowned for his pioneering work, recognisable for its blend of homoerotica, popular and classical music, and dark, symbolist imagery.
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